US internet providers hijacking users' search queries

Brielle bruns at 2mbit.com
Sat Aug 6 00:53:50 UTC 2011


Until they start MitM the ssl traffic, fake certs and all.  Didn't a certain repressive regime already do this tactic with facebook or some other major site?

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Brielle
(sent from my iPhone)

On Aug 5, 2011, at 6:45 PM, Matthew Palmer <mpalmer at hezmatt.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 05:04:51PM -0700, Bino Gopal wrote:
>> http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20768-us-internet-providers-hijacking-users-search-queries.html
> 
> I hope more ISPs start doing this; it'll increase the take up of HTTPS.
> 
> - Matt
> 
> 
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